diff --git a/audino/backend/routes/current_user.py b/audino/backend/routes/current_user.py
index f343c442..a6e8a521 100644
--- a/audino/backend/routes/current_user.py
+++ b/audino/backend/routes/current_user.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from .projects import give_users_examples
 from backend import app, db
 from backend.models import Project, User, Data, Segmentation
-from .helper_functions import retrieve_database, general_error, missing_data
+from .helper_functions import retrieve_database, general_error, missing_data, count_segmentations
 from .logger import post_log_msg
 from . import api
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def fetch_data_for_project(project_id):
                                          ).distinct().subquery()
 
         categories = ["pending", "completed", "marked_review", "all"]
-        data = retrieve_database(project_id, segmentations, categories)
+        data = retrieve_database(project_id, segmentations, categories, request_user)
         app.logger.info(data)
         paginate_data = data[active].paginate(page, 10, False)
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def fetch_data_for_project(project_id):
                     "created_on": "a date",
                     # data_point.created_at.strftime("%B %d, %Y"),
                     "is_marked_for_review": data_point.is_marked_for_review,
-                    "number_of_segmentations": len(data_point.segmentations),
+                    "number_of_segmentations": count_segmentations(data_point, project, request_user),
                     "sampling_rate": data_point.sampling_rate,
                     "clip_length": data_point.clip_length,
                     "sample": data_point.sample
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def fetch_data_for_project(project_id):
         count_data = {key: value.count() for key, value in data.items()}
         app.logger.info("HELLO")
     except Exception as e:
-        return general_error("Error fetching all projects", e)
+        return general_error("Error fetching all projects 1", e)
 
     return (
         jsonify(
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def get_next_data(project_id, data_value):
         )
         count_data = {key: value.count() for key, value in data.items()}
     except Exception as e:
-        return general_error("Error fetching all projects", e)
+        return general_error("Error fetching all projects 2", e)
 
     return (
         jsonify(
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def get_next_data2(project_id, dv, page_data):
         )
         count_data = {key: value.count() for key, value in data.items()}
     except Exception as e:
-        return general_error("Error fetching all projects", e)
+        return general_error("Error fetching all projects 3", e)
 
     return (
         jsonify(
diff --git a/audino/backend/routes/helper_functions.py b/audino/backend/routes/helper_functions.py
index c4fb2623..ee9fd7b5 100644
--- a/audino/backend/routes/helper_functions.py
+++ b/audino/backend/routes/helper_functions.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from flask import jsonify, request
 
 from backend import app, db
-from backend.models import User, Data
+from backend.models import User, Data, Project,Segmentation
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import false, true, null
 from sqlalchemy import or_
 """return and log an error message that is not a specific error"""
@@ -47,8 +47,19 @@ def check_admin_permissions(identity, json=True):
 def retrieve_database(project_id, segmentations, categories, request_user=None,
                       big_key=None):
     data = {}
+    app.logger.info(project_id)
+    project = Project.query.get(project_id)
+    app.logger.info(project)
+    if (project.is_example):
+        segmentations = (   
+            db.session.query(Segmentation.data_id)
+            .filter(request_user.username == Segmentation.created_by)
+            .distinct().subquery()
+        )
+        
+    app.logger.info("hello?")
     if ("pending" in categories):
-        if (request_user is not None):
+        if (request_user is not None and big_key is not None):
             data["pending"] = (
                 db.session.query(Data)
                 .filter(or_(Data.sample != true(), Data.sample == null()))
@@ -69,7 +80,7 @@ def retrieve_database(project_id, segmentations, categories, request_user=None,
             )
 
     if ("completed" in categories):
-        if (request_user is not None):
+        if (request_user is not None and big_key is not None):
             data["completed"] = (
                 db.session.query(Data)
                 .filter(or_(Data.sample != true(), Data.sample == null()))
@@ -128,3 +139,14 @@ def check_login(username, password, role_id):
         return (jsonify(message="Please provide your role!",
                 type="ROLE_MISSING"), 400)
     return None, None
+
+def count_segmentations(data_point, project, request_user):
+    size = len(data_point.segmentations)
+    count = 0
+    if project.is_example:
+        for i in range (0, size):
+            segment = data_point.segmentations[i]
+            if segment.created_by == request_user.username:
+                count += 1
+    else: count = size
+    return count
diff --git a/audino/backend/routes/project_segmentations.py b/audino/backend/routes/project_segmentations.py
index 0393d4dd..d042ed12 100644
--- a/audino/backend/routes/project_segmentations.py
+++ b/audino/backend/routes/project_segmentations.py
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ def get_segmentations_for_data(project_id, data_id):
 
         segmentations = []
         for segment in data.segmentations:
+            if (project.is_example and
+               segment.created_by != request_user.username):
+                break
             resp = {
                 "segmentation_id": segment.id,
                 "start_time": segment.start_time,